Month: December 2009

I know its been a while. My apologies. Let's get right to it. Ladies and gentleman the Indios finally came out of Benito Juarez Olympic Stadium with a victory after the longest seven months that have probably ever been experienced by a soccer team worldwide. The Indios beat Leon by a score of 2-0 in front of a crowd that exceeded 13 thousand.

This was the 3rd preseason game for the Tribe. The first game was more like a scrimmage between the Club's farm system (They won 3-0, which doesn't really count in my opinion.). Last Tuesday they lost to the Roadrunners of Tamaulipas (another team that is competing in Mexico's league that determines who is promoted, just like Leon.) by a score of 1-0. Much improvement was noted by all in attendance on Wednesday night compared to the last game against the Roadrunners.

Indios Head Coach, Pepe Trevino's soccer ideology is starting to come to fruition as the team is exercising it more and more on the pitch with every passing day. This was a game that could have been won by the Tribe by a greater difference. One gol was negated by the referee after an offsides was called that was too close to call and former team captain Edwin Santibanez missed a penalty kick. New acquisition for the Indios, Emil Martinez (from Honduras) scored in the 82nd minute off of a penalty kick and Alain Nkong in the 88th minute on a break away down the left hand side. Nkong kicked it with all of his might and scored a gol that was solely worth the price of admission.

What left me at ease on Wednesday night was the play of two new acquisitions by Indios. The play of Arturo Alvarado (recently acquired from San Luis.) in the left midfield and defensive sectors was spot on. He gave the Indios a lot of movement in the left side of the field, did not lose the ball much and had a lot of takeaways. After the game he stated that he "…felt good playing throughout the left side of the field." Also, he is acquiring "…more confidence little by little to allow his skills shown on the soccer field at full."

The other player that looked very good for the team from the Borderland was newly acquired right defender Elliot Huitron. He initiated several counterattacks that originated from the right defensive sector. Elliot also went up to attack despite being a defender first. However, when he went up to attack he did so in a timely fashion and returned to his defensive responsibilities in a very prompt manner. To sum up Elliot Huitron's performance in his first two outings with the Tribe in one sentence/statement would be the following: "Adios Luis Garcia, you just lost your starting job to Elliot Huitron."

Stay tuned ladies and gentleman. More to come soon. Until next time. VAMOS Indios!!!